Wire gate.



No. 631,478. Patented Aug. 22, I899.

- W. C. STANGE.

.WIRE GATE.

(Application filed May 16, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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W-IRE GATE.

sPncI'F'IcATioN forming part or Letters Patei'it to. 631,478, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed May 16,1899. serial No. 717,068- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. STANGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yates Centre, in the county of Woodson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Wire Gate, of which the following is a speci- The invention relates to improvements in wire gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of wire gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient one which may be opened and closed equally well from either side of a fence and in which the strain or draft of the locking device will be a central one, whereby the parts will be prevented from twisting when the gate is closed.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination .and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wire gate constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View illustrating the construction of the locking mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the hook.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate fence-posts located at opposite sides of the gateway and forming, re spectively, the hinge-post and the latch-post of a wire gate composedof an end bar 3 and a horizontal series of wires 4, which are preferably barbed, but which may be of any'desired construction. The wires 4 of the gate are stapled or otherwise secured to the post 1 and are preferably provided with loops to receive the end bar 3; but they can be stapled or otherwise secured to the same, as will be readily understood, and, if desired, suitable stretchers may be mounted on the bar 3 to take up any slack and to provide a uniform tension on the wires when the gate is closed. The post 2 is provided near its bot tom with a loop 5, for the reception of the lower end of the bar 3, which is placed in the same before the locking device, which is located at the top of the gate, is operated. The locking device, which engages an upper loop 6, comprises a book 7 and a lever 8.

The lever 8, which is substantially U- shaped, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the companying drawings, and it is provided with two sides or shanks, which are diverged to form a forked or bifurcated portion for straddling the end bar 3 of the gate. The terminals of the sides or shanks of the hook are bent inward to form pivots 11, which fit in perforations 12 of the sides of the lever 8. The perforations 12 are located at points between the ends of the operating-lever, and it will be apparent that by swinging the same to and from the latch-post the gate will be released and locked. The U-shaped lever is adapted to straddle or arch the bar 3 and the post 2, and it can be therefore conveniently handled to lock and unlock the gate. 7 The invention has the following advantages: The locking device, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, provides a central draft and is adapted to be readily operated from either side of the gate.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the .scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invent-ion.

What is claimed is- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wire gate having an end bar, and a fence-post, of a hook detachably engaging the fence-post and provided with two sides straddling the end bar of the gate, and a lever composed of two sides fulcrumed on the end bar of the gate at opposite sides l their terminals bent inward to form pivots thereof and connected with the sides of the and engaging the bearings of the lever, subhook, substantially as described. stantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 combination with a wire gate, of a locking demy own I have hereto afiixed my signature 15 Vice comprising a substantially U-shaped lein the presence of two witnesses.

ver fulcrumed on the gate at opposite sides \VILLIAM C. STANGE. thereof and provided between its ends with W'itnesses: bearings, and a hook provided with two sides A. J. JONES,

10 or shanks straddling the gate and hai'ing C. V. ORENDORFF. 

